Minimization of cytogenetic toxicity of malathion by vitamin C.

doi:10.3177/jnsv.37.329

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Minimization of cytogenetic toxicity of malathion by vitamin C.

Journal of nutritional science and vitaminology - 1 Aug 1991

Hoda Q, Sinha S P

Abstract excerpt

Genotoxic effect of agriculture-used concentration of organophosphorous pesticide, Malathion, is decreased by the dietary concentration of sodium salt of L-ascorbic acid for parameters like mitotic-index and clastogeny in onion root-tip cells, clastogeny and meiotic-index in mice, and lethal muta...

Topics

Animals
Ascorbic Acid
Bone Marrow
Drosophila melanogaster
Female
Malathion
Male
Meiosis
Mice
Mitotic Index
Mutagens
Mutation
Plant Cells
Plants

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